b, Alemannic. subordinate branch.
1, Alemannic, commonly so called in the south-west corner of the Black Forest.
2, Dialects of Switzerland, that is, of Bern, of the Oberland of Bern, of Wallis, of the country of the Grisons, and of Appenzell, 3, Dialects of Elsass (Alsace), and of Baden.
c, Old 77aitringian, subordinate branch, containing the dialects of the Thiiringer Wald, of part of the Fichtelgebirge, and of the northern part of the 1361nerwald. These dialects are generally confounded with those of the adjacent flat countrici of Thu ringia and the Upper Palatinate, which belong to the Franconian branch.
B. Franconian branch.
1, Dialects of Franconia, of the Palatinate, of the Middle Rhine, and of Southern Ilesse.
2, Dialects of Thuringia, except the Thiiringcr Wald, of Northern Hesse, and of the Eichsfeld.
3, Dialects of Lorraine and Luxemburg, which are much mixed with Low German.
4, Dialects of Upper Saxony, of Meissen, of the Erigebirge, and of Lusatia.
5, Dialects of Northern Bohemia, of Silesia, and of part of the German colonies in Hungary.
6, Dialects of the nobles, the clergy, and the citizens in Curinnd, Livonia, and Estlionia. IL SAXON LANGUAGE& A. Frisian branch, which contains the dialects of West Friesland, of
Saterland, of the islands along the Dutch and the German coast, and of the islands along the coast of Sleswig.
B. Low German branch, divided into six sections, namely : 1, Of Lower Saxony, containing the dialects of Sleswig, of Holstein, of Hamburg, of Bremen, of Brunswick, of Hanover, of the country between the Harz and the Weser, and of the Marshes with East Frisia.
2, Of Westphalia, with the dialects of Upper Miinster]and, of Lower MUnaterland, of Osnabrtick, of the Upper Weser, of Sauerland, of Mark, and of Eastern Berg.
3, Of the Lower Rhine between Neuwied and Dusseldorf, especially the dialects of the Eifel, of Cologne, and of Aix-la-Chapelle.
4, Of the Netherlands, containing the Dutch language, the Flemish language, and the dialects of Jitlich, of Cleve, and of Geldcrn in Germany.
5, The dialect of the Saxons in Transylvania.
6, Of the ancient Wendish countries, colonised by the Saxons, con taining the dialects of Mecklenburg, of Pomerania, of Branden burg, of the Marks, and of East Prussia.
C. English branch. [SAXON LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE; ENGLAND, in 0E00. DIV.]